Auburn vs Cairo

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn and Cairo: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburn and Cairo are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cairo has the higher population (135 vs 90 in Auburn). Cairo has the higher median household income ($29,650 vs $21,875 in Auburn). Since 2019, Auburn's population has grown faster (-18.2% vs -59.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Cairo
Population	90	135
Median age	50.3 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$21,875	$29,650
Median home value	—	$71,500
Median gross rent	—	$488
Housing units	34	105
Homeownership rate	46.2%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Cairo
Population	110 → 90 (-18.2%)	333 → 135 (-59.5%)
Median household income	$22,500 → $21,875 (-2.8%)	$33,523 → $29,650 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $36,300 (-12.9%)	$56,100 → $71,500 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $705 (+36.4%)	$614 → $488 (-20.5%)

Auburn

Population

11090

Median household income

$22,500$21,875

Median home value

$41,700$36,300

Median gross rent

$517$705

Cairo

Population

333135

Median household income

$33,523$29,650

Median home value

$56,100$71,500

Median gross rent

$614$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Cairo
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	43.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	5.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	18.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	33.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	14.8%
75 and over	2.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Cairo
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Cairo
No high school diploma	27.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Cairo
Drove alone	100.0%	97.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Cairo
1-unit, detached	73.5%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Cairo
Poverty rate	71.1%	40.7%
Average household size	3.46	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	48	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938